There's a new edition of the Broughton Spurtle online. As one of thecity's longest-running hyperlocals, it is now on edition number 190 and anentertaining read even if you don't live in that area. Download it here.

Imagine you could get from Edinburgh to London in five minutes. Marc Abrahams discusses exactly that here.

Having taken up her new post as the City of Edinburgh Council's chief executive yesterday, Sue Bruce faced a £1.3bn funding "headache" according to the Edinburgh Evening News.